Saturday, November 25, 2023

Yes boss.

"The Foreign Office (in Pakistan)...voiced concerns over the alarming expansion of India's covert operations, including espionage and extraterritorial assassinations, on a global scale, condemning these actions as blatant violations of international law. At the weekly media briefing, while recalling that Pakistan remained a victim of India-sponsored terrorism and subversion, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said, 'India's network of espionage and extraterritorial killings has gone global." Dawn. "More than a dozen terrorists, who were on New Delhi's 'most wanted list', have been mysteriously killed in different parts of Pakistan over the past two years. The Pakistani government and the banned militant organisations associated with it have remained silent about these killings." ET. No probs, we do much worse at home. "Ever since Adityanath took over the Chief Minister's post in Uttar Pradesh in March 2017, police have shot dead 190 persons in incidents of alleged exchange of fire that the state terms as 'encounters'." Another 5,591 persons were injured in these incidents. The Wire. Pakistan has not complained till now probably because it did not want to acknowledge it was harboring terrorists. But now it is adding itself to Canada and the US. "The US thwarted a conspiracy to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil and issued a warning to the Indian government over concerns that it was involved in a plot, The Financial Times reported." BT. In response to the US warning, "On its part, India takes such inputs seriously since it impinges on our own national security as well ," said Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesman Arindam Bagchi. Why so polite to the US, when MEA's response to Canada's allegation of the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada by Indian agents was, "Allegations of Government of India's involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated. Similar allegations were made by the Canadian Prime Minister to our Prime Minister, and were completely rejected." Brusque and a personal attack on Canada's PM. Why so rude? "Because India was asked to cooperate and if you look at the typical terminology, when someone asks to cooperate, which means you are already convicted and you better cooperate," said Indian High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma. But, this is exactly as per Indian legal practice. The Supreme Court rejected the bail plea of former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi and kept him in prison for a further 8 months to allow the CBI and ED to finish their investigation. DH. Cooperation under duress, as it were. So, why do inputs from the US impinge "on our national security as well"? Because the US might levy sanctions on certain individuals who would then be unable to travel abroad on junkets with taxpayer money, in case they are arrested. After all, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not attend the G20 summit. HT. That would be a serious impediment to the unseen perks enjoyed by our rulers. So, two fingers to Canada and genuflect to the US. We know who the boss is.

No comments: